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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 12m

When we eat the rich, Patrick Mahomes and Jayson Tatum aren't who I'll be coming for, personally.

Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 16m

Now the obscene amounts of money they are paid, we can debate that. But I'll say this. I prefer the athletes performing the labor getting their money rather than the team owners. At least the athletes actually work for their living.

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 17m

Not to be that "friend who's too woke" but I'm seeing a lot of people discounting and dismissing the labor of pro-athletes lately and that isn't jiving with me.

"They're throw a ball for entertainment!" yes, this is their labor that they perform and deserve to be paid for.

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 3h

To the surprise of no one.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3h

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 15h

I'm aware of his importance in current leftist politics and that the fascist right undoubtedly spreads misinformation against him. I'm also aware that he's a man who contributed to a smear campaign against a rape victim.

Both can be true!

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 15h

Idk if Hasan Piker shocked his dog but I do know he spread misinformation during the Johnny Depp trial and came out publicly in his favor and made fun of Amber Heard so he hasn't exactly been someone I expect decency from since then.

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 18h

That is so many words and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be mad at here.

Explaining things is an art. Not everyone has the skill. He's not good at propaganda either. You need one of those skills as a politician.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 1d

"Countless" is an hysterically idiotic way to answer this question. No notes, Pam.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

GRAHAM: How many illegal immigrants are in Chicago

BONDI: Countless.

GRAHAM: Right. But does anybody know?

BONDI: We have made multiple arrests

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2d

lol this entire era of politics has proven to me that rules are indeed fake

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

She called out world leaders for sitting by and watching a live-streamed genocide without taking action.

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 2d

Do people actually believe this stuff?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 3d

He was prime minister for like five minutes???

Libération @liberation.fr · 3d

🔴 Sébastien Lecornu a remis sa démission à Emmanuel Macron, qui l’a acceptée

Suivre le live : bit.ly/3VNn5sb

Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 3d

Fascism is always stupid, but oh my god, it's getting SO stupid.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "On June 14 next year we're gonna have a big UFC fight at the White House, right at the White House, on the grounds of the White House."

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 4d

Where is Sweden? I'm seeing nothing from their prime minister. Where are the demands for her release and accountability?

Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 4d

This is stunning but not because of the actions themselves. No method of torture is beneath Israel. It's stunning because they're so brazen to do this to a globally recognizable activist.

What will Sweden do? The UN? This lawless genocidal regime is accountable to no one.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 4d

The military is the logical place for the administration to begin its exclusion of women, but anyone who thinks it will stop there is a fool.

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 4d

"Women's bodies aren't constructed to-"

Might as well just start banning us from universities too because that's where this kind of language is headed.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 5d

Sure, literally will not matter in big boy war

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 5d

Night of the Living Dead was released 57 years ago today🧟‍♂️

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 5d

It's normal and healthy to dislike things actually.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 5d

are swifties okay

patreegs on instagram says

You need to listen to it once completely through while driving a car alone. Then you have to
listen to it indoors lying down. THEN you pick a few and listen to them WHILE you read the lyrics on your computer. You WILL find that you misheard some of the lyrics. DONT panic. Its COMPLETELY normal and healthy. DONT think about taylors life yet and DONT try to make sense of the lyrics and DONT panic if you dont like some of the songs at first bc your brain will LEARN to like them (evolutionary mechanism).
THEN, continue listening on loop as needed but have 2-3 that you sometimes just listen to on repeat. THEN re-emerge into the world and connect with others about their response to the text. THEN apply practically to your life. THEN examine how they fit into taylors. At this point you can start to lightly engage in online discourse if that feels healthy and safe.

Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 5d

But you see, I'm fine with that actually.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 5d

My mind...

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone just waking up to Bill Burr being a piece of shit, but he told us that years ago.

Fuck that man.

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Brenda Gough @brendagough.bsky.social · 6d

Walking with other anti-genocide people in #Belfast this evening. Silence is complicity. We need to do more to put the pressure on and grow the global movement.
Do something, no matter how small.
Show support to those fighting against mass slaughter.
Free Palestine 🙌

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Liz @atheistjliz.bsky.social · 7d

Just had the sudden, visceral urge to rewatch Sucker Punch.

a man is holding a microphone while a woman is sitting on his shoulders on a stage .

ALT: a man is holding a microphone while a woman is sitting on his shoulders on a stage .

media.tenor.com

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